Snow storm blankets New York City, leaving pretty scenes and a sloshy commute

A man walks through Central Park after a snowstorm blanketed the park in New York, on March 8. A slow moving winter storm brought a combination of snow, rain and high winds to the northeast U.S. Friday after moving through the mid-Atlantic states earlier in the week.

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A man covered in snow walks across the Brooklyn Bridge during a snow storm in New York, on March 8.

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A dog wears a winter sweater and booties during a walk in Madison Square Park in New York, on March 8.

By Matthew DeLuca, Staff Writer, NBC News

Commuters slid into work on wet, sloshy snow in New York and New Jersey. Central Park in Manhattan had 4 inches of accumulation late Friday morning, the Weather Channel reported, as residents of Passaic County, N.J., dug out from 7 inches of snow. The Bronx received 7 inches and parts of Westchester County were hit with more than a foot.

More than 141 flights had been canceled for New York’s LaGuardia airport, 106 at Newark Liberty International, and 97 at Logan in Boston as of 2:45 p.m. Friday, according to airline tracker Flight Aware.

The weather was forecasted to turn milder over the weekend, with meteorologists saying that temperatures on Saturday could break 50 degrees in the tri-state area. Highs would hover around the low 40s in Boston, the Weather Channel predicted.